Vehicle protection system

a protection system and vehicle technology, applied in the field of countermeasure systems, can solve the problems of rpg's, other threats used by enemy forces and insurgents, serious threat to troops on the battlefield, unarmored vehicles, and unarmored vehicles, and achieve the effect of effective and reliabl

US20100319524A1Active Publication Date: 2010-12-23FOSTER-MILLER
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Publication Date
2010-12-23

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Abstract

A structure or vehicle protection system including a removable frame on the structure or vehicle, and a net within the frame and spaced from the structure or vehicle and having a mesh size designed to disarm an incoming threat.
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[0001] This application is a divisional application which claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 351,130 filed Feb. 9, 2006, under 35 U.S.C. §§119, 120, 363, 365, and 37 C.F.R. §1.55 and §1.78 which is incorporated into this application by reference.GOVERNMENT RIGHTS

[0002] This invention was made with U.S. Government support under DARPA contract No. HR0011-05-C-0056. The Government may have certain rights in the subject invention.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0003] This subject invention relates to counter measure systems and, in particular, to an easy to install, fairly inexpensive, and more effective vehicle protection system.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0004] Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) and other threats used by enemy forces and insurgents are a serious threat to troops on the battlefield, on city streets, and on country roads. RPG weapons are relatively inexpensive and widely available throughout the world. There are variety of RPG...

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[0040]Aside from the preferred embodiment or embodiments disclosed below, this invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or being carried out in various ways. Thus, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangements of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. If only one embodiment is described herein, the claims hereof are not to be limited to that embodiment. Moreover, the claims hereof are not to be read restrictively unless there is clear and convincing evidence manifesting a certain exclusion, restriction, or disclaimer.

[0041]In one specific embodiment, a vehicle or structure protection system in accordance with the subject invention includes 4″ deep, 14½″×14″, 35 lb deployment box 10, FIG. 1 releasably attached to the exterior of vehicle or other structure in any desired location. In this way, the protection system of this invention can b...